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hemerology

Syllables: he·mer·o·lo·gy/hɛməˈɹɒləd͡ʒi/US/hɛməˈɹɑləd͡ʒi/

hemerology noun: the study of calendars, especially with a view to identifying propitious days.

hemerology: the study of calendars, especially with a view to identifying propitious days
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Noun

hemerology (countable and uncountable, plural hemerologies)

  1. The study of calendars, especially with a view to identifying propitious days.
    • Hemerology, (Greek) a Calender, or Book, wherein are regiſtred the paſſages of every day.[1658, Edward Phillips, compiler, “Hemerology”, in The New World of English Words: Or, A General Dictionary: […], London: […] E. Tyler, for Nath[aniel] Brook […], →OCLC
    • It is not necessary to an intelligent comprehension of the Gospels, as they have been handed down to us, that they should possess an exact hemerology.1870 April 1, “The Gospels Consolidated; with a copious Index. S. Bagster and Sons. 1869. [book review]”, in Henry Allon, Henry Robert Reynolds, editors, The British Quarterly Review, volume LI...

hemerology meaning in Tamil

hemerology in Tamil

நாள் காட்டியியல்

Forms of hemerology

pluralhemerologies

Origin of hemerology

From Ancient Greek ἡμέρᾱ (hēmérā, “day; date”) (a variant of ἦμαρ (êmar, “day”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₃- (“be hot, burn”)) + -ology (from Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā, suffix indicating the study of something, or a branch of knowledge), from λόγος (lógos, “word; explanation; subject matter”) (from λέγω (légō, “to arrange, put in order”), from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to gather”)) + -ίᾱ (-íā, suffix forming a feminine abstract noun) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ (suffix forming a collective noun))).

Words formed from hemerology

Questions about hemerology

What does hemerology mean?
Hemerology means the study of calendars, especially with a view to identifying propitious days.
What is hemerology in Tamil?
Hemerology in Tamil is நாள் காட்டியியல். See Hemerology meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hemerology?
Hemerology is a noun.
How do you pronounce hemerology?
Hemerology is pronounced /hɛməˈɹɒləd͡ʒi/ (UK).
What is the plural of hemerology?
The plural of hemerology is hemerologies.

Words near hemerology in the dictionary

  1. hemerochory
  2. hemerodrome
  3. hemerodromes
  4. hemerological
  5. hemerologies
  6. hemerology
  7. hemerophobic
  8. hemerophyte
  9. hemerophytes
  10. hemeroside
  11. hemerythrin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hemerology (page history and authors); hemerology (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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